Glen Street Theatre - Bee Gees Show, October 10, 2026
Gerry Mills enjoying Bee Gees Show at Glen Street Theatre (front, left)
Warriewood Wetlands - dense growth along track (Garden street end)
Warriewood Wetlands - Brush Turkey keeping an eye on his nest mound and the photographer
Warriewood Wetlands - Varied Swordgrass Brown Butterfly (Tisiphone abeona) on Blackberry Flowers - blackberry is a weed in this location.
Tisiphone abeona, the swordgrass brown, is a nymphalid butterfly. It is endemic to Australia. The wings of the adult are brown and have a wingspan of about 60 mm. The larvae feed on Gahnia species.
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Warriewood Wetlands - Pacific Black Duck (songlines in Pittwater) on boardwalk rail
Warriewood Wetlands - Spoonbill with breeding plumage foraging
The Royal Spoonbill, (Platalea regia) is a large white waterbird with black, spatulate (spoon-shaped) bill, facial skin, legs and feet. During the breeding season, it has a distinctive nuchal (back of head or nape of neck) crest, which can be up to 20 cm long in male birds (usually shorter in females). The crest can be erected during mating displays to reveal bright pink skin underneath. Breeding adults also have a creamy-yellow wash across the lower neck and upper breast and a strip of bright pink skin along the edge of the underwings which is obvious when the bird opens its wings.
The Royal Spoonbill feeds mainly on fish in freshwater, and on shrimps in tidal flats; it will also eat other crustaceans and aquatic insects. The structure of its bill limits it to feeding in water that is less than 40 cm deep over sand, mud or clay, where it can sweep the water with its bill. It uses several methods to catch food: slow sweeping from side to side with an open bill, rapid sweeping while walking fast or even running through the water, as well as dragging, probing or grabbing. The spatulate bill has many vibration detectors, called papillae, on the inside of the spoon, which means the bird can feel for prey items even in murky water and can feed by day or night. Once food is caught, it lifts its bill up and lets the items slide down its throat. It will bash shrimps against hard objects to remove their shells. From - Australian Museum
Warriewood home - very dense fog in the morning, Monday October 12, 2026
Narrabeen Lagoon entrance and tidal flats - very dense fog in the morning, Monday October 12, 2026
Narrabeen Lagoon entrance and tidal flats - very dense fog in the morning, view from bridge Monday October 12, 2026
Narrabeen Lagoon entrance and tidal flats - very dense fog in the morning, Monday October 12, 2026
Narrabeen Lagoon pool - very dense fog in the morning, Monday October 12, 2026
Narrabeen Lagoon rockshelf at ocean end - very dense fog in the morning, Monday October 12, 2026
Narrabeen Lagoon rockshelf at ocean end - starfish at low tide, Monday October 12, 2026
Narrabeen Lagoon rockpool - very dense fog in the morning, Monday October 12, 2026
Narrabeen Lagoon view to tidal flats of Birdwood Park and NN SLSC - very dense fog in the morning, Monday October 12, 2026
Narrabeen Rockpool entrance road - Crofton weeds(Ageratina adenophora) flowering, outcompetes native plants, reduces habitat and food for native animals, can cause death in horses. Photo taken Monday October 12, 2026
Warriewood home - Bogong moths
York Street Sydney, Ibis about to find lunch in a local bin
Beautiful patterns on these bright pumpkins - close to Halloween time
Narrabeen Lagoon entrance and view north to Turimetta, Thursday October 15, 2026
North Turimetta Beach fire site rubbish - 2 bags full, Friday October 16 2026
Turimetta Beach's golden sunrise of Friday October 15 before cloud increased
Warriewood - Break in Sunday storm
Turimetta Beach - one bag full of rubbish collected
Turimetta Beach, lone fisherman
Turimetta beach shore wave and storms out to sea
Pacific Black Duck at Narrabeen Creek bridge (Jacksons road end)
Narrabeen Creek - view along creek's channel
Turimetta Beach photographer at high tide
Warriewood home, Bogong moths everywhere, Wednesday October 7 2026
North Narrabeen's 'Rat Park' flowers are in bloom
Collaroy beach - south end wall and stormwater works underway.
Collaroy rockpool at high tide, Friday October 9 2026
Warriewood Wetlands, along the track - Arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) a garden escapee and weed in this location. It is toxic to people, livestock, pets and native animals, can choke waterways, and outcompetes native plants.
All parts of the plant, especially the flower, are poisonous and can cause: eczema and dermatitis, irritation, burning and swelling of the mouth and throat, breathing difficulties, severe nausea, vomiting and stomach pain, diarrhoea, shock and exhaustion, death.
Warriewood Wetlands, along the track - Black eyed Susan, Thunbergia alata, is an invasive environmental weed in coastal New South Wales. A native of South Africa, the fast-growing twining vine climbs up to 5 meters high, blanketing native shrubs, trees, and groundcovers. It re-roots easily wherever stem nodes touch the ground and spreads via dumped garden waste, contaminated soil, water, and seeds.
Warriewood Wetlands - Ibises enduring the rain
Warriewood Wetlands -Spoonbill
Warriewood, at home Iris bejewelled with rain
Narrabeen Lagoon entrance and Birdwood Park reflections from road bridge
Turimetta Beach - - Onionweed, Allium triquetrum L., at top of south end steps - native to north-western Africa (i.e. Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia), the Azores, the Madeira Islands and southern Europe (i.e. Italy, France and Spain). Forms dense monocultures that smother native ground flora and reduce pasture productivity. A weed in NSW
Turimetta Beach rubbish exposed - two bags full carried off the beach after weekend
Bluebottles along hightide mark on Turimetta Beach
Turimetta Beach - North Headland's rockface
fly on leaf tip - Warriewood
Warriewood home - last Iris for this Season
Middle Creek Reserve - kayakers training
Turimetta Beach - molluscs at low tide
Turimetta Beach - Taylor Rock at southern end.